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Distance Learning at RSTATo RSTA Students, Families & Caregivers,<br>
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I am hoping that during these uncertain times that you all are safe and healthy.<br>
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Until our school reopens, teachers are expected to connect with students in their classes via one or more of the available tools for remote communication available to CPS staff and most of our students. Teachers will be sending to their students assignments and activities related to their courses for students to complete. Most RSTA teachers use Google Classroom, but some may have used other tools to connect with students. Please check your Google Classroom or other site; if you haven&rsquo;t heard from your RSTA teacher, please email me at <a href="mailto:mananis@cpsd.us" class="ApplyClass">mananis@cpsd.us</a>. <br>
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Although much of the regular curriculum in RSTA courses is &ldquo;hands-on,&rdquo; there remain many learning activities and opportunities for expanding & refining understanding in our Career & Technical Education and Business Education programs that support RSTA course objectives for student learning.<br>
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In the coming weeks, RSTA teachers will provide activities designed to enhance and enrich the many Safety, Technical & Employability competencies that make up the heart of RSTA courses. Students will be expected to complete the assignments and activities provided by their teachers & submit them to their teachers in a timely manner, and teachers will be expected to provide meaningful feedback to each student to insure all learners can demonstrate their knowledge & skills.<br>
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Students should freely ask their teachers for clarity of expectations or further assistance with any assignment. Teachers are expected to check in on their students daily to support student learning and to encourage class participation and camaraderie.<br>
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Wishing you all stay safe and healthy until we return to school together.<br>
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Dr. Mike Ananis, Executive Director<br>
Rindge School of Technical Arts<br>
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School<br>https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=69485611
69485611Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTMessage to Our Community from Superintendent Kenneth SalimThis is a highly-charged and emotional period in the history of Cambridge Public Schools. On Tuesday night, students, community members, families and educators gave passionate and painful testimony during this past Tuesday&rsquo;s CPS School Committee meeting. The period reserved for public comment extended well past the three-hour mark. Over a hundred students, faculty, parents and community members gave voice to the pain inflicted by racism in our community.&nbsp;<br>
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Members of the Black Student Union were among those who testified, joined by leaders of the Cambridge Education Association (CEA), the Building Equity Bridges project, and CRLS Student Government. Standing with them were even more students, educators, parents, and community members -- people of color and white allies -- speaking in support of students and educators of color in our community.&nbsp;<br>
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This show of strength should not be confused with unanimity, or even unity. Fractures within our community have been laid bare, and I will not disrespect our students by asking people to &ldquo;come together.&rdquo; Instead, I am writing to you to ask for&nbsp;<em>space</em>.<br>
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The pace of institutional change is unforgivably slow,&nbsp;<em>but we must make room for healing</em>. The brain can not learn when it is stressed, and the stress of sustained conflict makes it difficult for people to hear one another and recognize their common humanity. We are a community - a community that prides itself on our diversity but falls short of our stated values. We are a community of humans, and recognizing our common humanity is our only hope.&nbsp;<br>
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<em>Please remember that the goal of healing is to regain strength.&nbsp;</em>The Cambridge Education Association and Cambridge Public Schools have pledged to work together to build a culture of equity and racial equity in CPS. This work has just begun - and it will need all of us.<br>
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Our community must heal in order to navigate these very difficult waters and move towards greater equity and racial equity for our students, families and community. Please, take care of yourself and one another. Stay strong, so our work can continue.https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=69400377
69400377Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMTMichele Watson Maxwell, Creative Design Teacher, Receives James G. Telfer RSTA Faculty Award<img src="http://rsta.cpsd.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3045436/Image/news/max.png" alt="Max" title="Max" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 10px;">The 2019 recipient of the James G. Telfer RSTA Faculty Award is&nbsp;<strong>Michele Watson Maxwell</strong>, Creative Design Teacher. Ms. Max began her teaching career at Rindge on September 1, 2002 and has been the Creative Design teacher &ndash; mostly by herself &ndash; ever since. She has introduced design and visual communication skills to hundreds of Cambridge students, inspiring the skills of future artists and designers, and connecting with local clients to keep an amazing &ldquo;<a href="https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=3713836" title="View the Live Work">Live Work</a>&rdquo; program thriving. Her deep understanding of design, her unfailingly high expectations and support for her students, and her boundless positive spirit have energized RSTA. We are indeed fortunate to have Ms. Max here at Rindge!<br>
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About the Award</span></strong><br>
This award is named in memory of <strong>James G. Telfer</strong> who was the first man to hold the position of <em>Instructor of Blacksmithing </em>at the Cambridge Manual Training School, later named Rindge Technical School, a position he held from July 15, 1889 to his retirement thirty-eight years later in 1927.<br>
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The following about Mr. Telfer is taken from the <em>Rindge Register</em>, June 1936:<br>
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He is considered by Rindge teachers past and present, as well as by all his friends and students, as being the best man in the country in this kind of work.<br>
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Mr. Telfer was described as &ldquo;an artist in his profession &ndash; as strong as iron, as true as steel &ndash; a man who forged links of friendship which unite the youth of past with the men of today.&rdquo; This is a perfect tribute to a splendid person.<br>
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All those who came in contact with Mr. Telfer respected him and admired his skill.</blockquote>
This award is given by the <strong>Rindge Alumni Association</strong> to an educator who is selected by the RSTA Executive Director, an educator who, by his or her long service to Rindge and demonstration of the characteristics of James G. Telfer as noted above, represents the highest level of skill in a field of study and an enduring commitment to developing Rindge students for excellence in their field of study and success in their futures. <br>https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=69348734
69348734Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTRSTA Culinary Students Participate in Rib FestCongratulations to the Culinary students and our fabulous faculty (Chef Rick, Chef Michelle, Chef Cathy, and Chef Mike) for participating in the Annual Rib Fest Competition held yesterday in East Cambridge. <br>
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Excellent planning, faithful execution of recipes and cooking procedures, and hard work on October 6th all paid off for our Culinary students (and apparently all those who tasted and voted!). Thank you and congratulations for representing CRLS so well in the community.https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=69313420
69313420Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTSophia Sonnert is RSTA Outstanding Technical StudentSophia Sonnert, CRLS Class of 2019, is a 3rd year Engineering student in RSTA and a co-captain of the CRLS Science Team/Science Olympiad. On April 11, 2019, Sophia was awarded the Outstanding Technical Student Award for Cambridge at a gala dinner celebration in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, where she was joined by her parents, Gerhard and Mabel Lam and her sister Nicole, by her two Engineering teachers, Conrad Hauck and Barry Jackson, and the RSTA Director, Dr. Mike Ananis.<br>
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Following her graduation from CRLS, Sophia is planning to major in science or engineering at MIT.<br>
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Pictured are, left to right, John Lafleche, President of Mass. Assoc. of Vocational Administrators, Sophia Sonnert, Brian Cumming, president of Mass. Vocational Assoc., and Jeffrey Riley, Commissioner, Mass. Dept. Of Elementary & Secondary Education <br>https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=69070022
69070022Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTCambridgeSide Donates to RSTA Culinary ArtsWhen the Second Annual Cambridge Half Marathon was in the planning stages early last Fall, Peter DeVito of New England Development and Paul Ryder, who help run the Cambridgeside Galleria, decided to invite local restaurants to help feed the anticipated 7,500 runners and 8,000 spectators at the event. Among those asked to help was the CRLS/RSTA Culinary Arts program, which had already been active in the City with the Summer Char & Bar Wars for the Chamber of Commerce and the Annual Rib Fest in October put on by the local restaurant association.
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Chef Rick McKinney and new Chef Michelle Walsh recruited students to help make and serve 2000 "Falcon Frittatas," and served them up on the morning of the Half Marathon, Sunday November 19, 2017 to thousands of Marathon runners and spectators, as well as a host of Galleria shoppers. It was a fantastic demonstration of community engagement and a great way to show of the cooking and hospitality skills of our students.
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In appreciation, Mr. DeVito came to CRLS and presented the Culinary chefs and 5 of the students who worked that Sunday with a check for $5,000 for the Culinary Arts program. The donation will be used to pay for the food that the students prepared and to purchase new chef coats, which are traditionally awarded to the graduating senior completers of Level 3 Culinary.
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<img src="https://rsta.cpsd.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3045436/Image/news/CambridgesideDonatesRSTACulinaryArts2017_500.jpg" alt="cambridgeside donation" title="cambridgeside donation"><br>
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Pictured left to right below at the presentation in the Falcons' Nest are Katie Cooper, Hayley Swope, Jazlynn Mables, Hadari Binda, Jose Mendoza, Mr. DeVito, Chef Rick McKinney, and Chef Michelle Walsh.</em>https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=56243444
56243444Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTCarpentry Students Build Rooms & Make Headlines<img src="http://rsta.cpsd.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3045436/Image/news/carpentry_foundry_nov2017_250.jpg" alt="carpentry students" title="carpentry students" style="float: right; margin: 3px 10px;">The Rindge School of Technical Arts, the technical education and training program at CRLS, offers unique opportunities for students to explore their passions and shape their own futures. The online edition of the<em>&nbsp;Cambridge Chronicle</em> recently shared one of RSTA's recent successes, the transformation of The Foundry building in East Cambridge into a site for public safety and law enforcement trainings.
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<a href="http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20171113/cambridge-students-transform-foundry-building-into-public-safety-training-site" target="_blank" title="read the story in the chronicle">Read the profile of the RSTA Carpentry Program and learn more about this project in the<em>&nbsp;Cambridge Chronicle</em> >></a>https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=54007313
54007313Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTUpcoming Event Celebrating RSTA Culinary Students On Tuesday October 3 at 12Noon, Sara Kennedy, the Director of Government and Community Relations for of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, will be at the Falcons' Nest Restaurant on the second floor of CRLS to congratulate Chef Rick McKinney and those Rindge School of Technical Arts Culinary students who participated in the Char/Bar Competition held in Kendall Square last August. The students, under Chef Rick's guidance, produced their version of grilled hamburgers which was voted "Best Classic Burger" from among about a dozen restaurants from Cambridge who competed.<br>
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<img src="http://rsta.cpsd.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3045436/Image/news/char_bar_2017_content.jpg" alt="Char Bar" title="Char Bar" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 10px;">The Executive Director of the RSTA programs at CRLS, Dr. Mike Ananis, said "The Chamber's thoughtful inclusion of our kids in this event, and the magnificent recognition they have bestowed upon us, is a striking reminder of how well this City connects with its youth. We are both thankful and proud!"<br>
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Ms. Kennedy will present a check to RSTA that came from the proceeds of the event. The $1500 check will be used by RSTA to purchase personalized chef coats for those Level 3 Culinary Arts seniors who are expected to graduate from CRLS in 2018.https://rsta.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3045520&pageId=51691636
51691636Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT